XC. SCROrnULAKlACE.E. 297 



Woodr. in .Tourii. Eoiiil). Nat. v. 12(1898) p. 174. Bonnaya parviflora, 

 Benth. in AVall. Cat, 3807 ; Grab. Cat. p. 148. — Flowers : Aug. 



Very close to /. hi/ssojnoldes, from which ti^ie smaller corolla and usually 

 shorter pedicels and capsules distinguish it. 



Konkan: S(oc/isl; near Kalyan, Bhival; Neral, Woodrow. S. M. Country: 

 Belgaum, Woodrow. — Distrib. More or less throughout India ; Siam, Tropical Africa. 



15. BONNAYA, Link & Otto. 



Annual glabrous herbs. Leaves opposite, entire or serrate, obscurely 

 penninerved. Flowers solitary, axillary, or often passing into terminal 

 racemes ; bracteoles 0. Calyx 5-partite ; segments narrow, hai'dly 

 imbricate. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube cylindric ; upper lip erect, broad, 

 concave or 2-fid ; lower lip larger, 3-lobed, spreading. !St aniens: the 

 2 upper only perfect, subiucluded, with filiform filaments ; the 2 lower 

 reduced to 2 obtuse glandular staniiuodes ; anthers of the perfect 

 stamens counivent, the cells divaricate. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many 

 in each cell ; style slender ; stigma 2-lamellate, Capsule narrow, much 

 exserted, septicidal ; valves entire, separating from the placentiferous 

 dissepiment. Seeds many, rugose. — Disteib. Warmer regions of the 

 Old World ; species 8. 



Leaves sharply, deeply and closely serrate, broad. 



Erect, diffusely branched; leaves sessile; corolla ^ in. 



long 1. B.hrachiata. 



Prostrate, creeping ; leaves petiolate ; corolla exceeding 



^ in. long 2. B.rejjtans. 



Leaves shallovFly and distantly serrate, the lower sometimes 

 subentire. 



Stems decumbent or creeping 3. B. veroniccsfolia. 



Stems erect ; a small plant 4. B. op-positifolia. 



1. Bonnaya brachiata, Link 4' Otto, Icon. PL Select, v. 1 (1820) 

 p. 25, t, 11. Erect, diffusely branched, 3-10 in, high ; branches glabrous. 

 Leaves sessile, |-l^by \-h in., oblong, obtuse or subacute, closely and 

 stroni^ly spinous-serrate, glabrous. Flowers in lax terminal racemes ; 

 bracts at the base of the pedicels -^-4- in. long, linear-subulate ; pedicels 

 ^-\ in, long. Calyx 4- in. long, divided almost to the base ; segments 

 linear-subulate, finely aristate. Corolla i in. long, pink. Staminodes 

 short, pubescent. Capsides g in. long, narrowly oblong, acute, glabrous. 

 Seeds about J^ in. long, usually truncate at both ends. Fl. B. I, v, 4, 

 p. 284 ; Grab, Cat. p. 143 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 178; Trim. Fl, Ceyl. v, 3, 

 p. 253; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 12 (1898) p, 175, — iiowers : 

 Sept.-Nov, 



Pasture-lands in the rains, Graham, Dahell cf- Glhmn. Konkan: Law\\ near 

 Jambalpada, Kanitkar\; Mazgaon near Savantvadi, Kaniilcar\ Gujarat: Godra, 

 Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Java, China, Philippine Islands. 



2. Bonnaya reptans, Sp-eng. Sijst. Veg. v. 1 (1825) p. 41, 

 Prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes ; branches often 1 ft, long. 

 Leaves distant, |-1| by |-| in,, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, sharply closely and deeply serrate, base narrowed 

 into a petiole of variable length, Plowers in axillary and terminal racemes ; 

 pedicels \-\ in. long, spreading; bracts beneath the pedicels \ in. long, 

 linear-subufate. Calyx ^ in, long, deeply divided ; segments \ in. long, 



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